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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 8467738" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.Then I guess we just disagree and I don't get it.It's a game character. Fictional. Resemblance to the 'real world' is just that...a resemblance. We happily accept poisoning, murder, genocide, arson, theft, and any number of other things that go on in an RPG. Why is &quot;WHOA! You're laughing because that guy is so dumb he can't figure out how to unsheathe a sword before using it. That's just a step too far!&quot; the line some are trying to draw?You can behead a guy who you feel is &quot;bad&quot;, no problem....not seen as 'normalizing murder'.You can murder a dozen guards over a &quot;misunderstanding&quot; and get off with paying a paltry sum of coin... no problem....not seen as 'normalizing mass-murder'.You can set up a secret guild of thieves and assassins that carry out crimes of all sorts for money... no problem....not seen as 'normalizing criminal behaviour'.You laugh at a stupid NPC's antics... NO! NOT ALLOWED!...seen as 'normalizing the mocking of stupid people'.So yeah. I guess I don't get it. All of those things are happening in a fictional story, of fictional characters, in fictional worlds. Oh well, I guess I'll continue to play stupid PC's/NPC's as doing stupid things, and we will continue to laugh about the things that come up in game because of it. I guess my friends and I are just &quot;badwrongfun&quot; people. shrug Ok. I can live with that.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 8467738, member: 45197"] Hiya. Then I guess we just disagree and I don't get it. It's a game character. Fictional. Resemblance to the 'real world' is just that...a resemblance. We happily accept poisoning, murder, genocide, arson, theft, and any number of other things that go on in an RPG. Why is "[I]WHOA! You're laughing because that guy is so dumb he can't figure out how to unsheathe a sword before using it. That's just a step too far![/I]" the line some are trying to draw? You can behead a guy who you feel is "bad", no problem. ...not seen as 'normalizing murder'. You can murder a dozen guards over a "misunderstanding" and get off with paying a paltry sum of coin... no problem. ...not seen as 'normalizing mass-murder'. You can set up a secret guild of thieves and assassins that carry out crimes of all sorts for money... no problem. ...not seen as 'normalizing criminal behaviour'. You laugh at a stupid NPC's antics... NO! NOT ALLOWED! ...seen as 'normalizing the mocking of stupid people'. So yeah. I guess I don't get it. All of those things are happening in a fictional story, of fictional characters, in fictional worlds. Oh well, I guess I'll continue to play stupid PC's/NPC's as doing stupid things, and we will continue to laugh about the things that come up in game because of it. I guess my friends and I are just "badwrongfun" people. [I]shrug[/I] Ok. I can live with that. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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